Detections
Analytics
CVE-2019-5514
high
Description
VMware VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3) contains a security vulnerability due to certain unauthenticated APIs accessible through a web socket. An attacker may exploit this issue by tricking the host user to execute a JavaScript to perform unauthorized functions on the guest machine where VMware Tools is installed. This may further be exploited to execute commands on the guest machines.
References
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0005.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107637
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152290/VMware-Security-Advisory-2019-0005.html